2025-11-11T12:54:11-00:00 2024-12-31 821650312 Alta CPA Group 59 Franklin St 2nd Floor Annapolis MD 21401 990 2024-01-01 520895081 FUND FOR INVESTIGATIVE JOURNALISM INC FUND 2023780953 1100 13TH STREET NW STE 800 WASHINGTON DC 20005 ERIC FERRERO EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR 2023780953 2025-11-11 true Jeffrey Griffith P01081433 4103495101 2025-11-11 2024 2025-03-06 01:10:19Z ERIC FERRERO 1100 13TH STREET NW STE 800 WASHINGTON DC 20005 1546143 false X WWW.FIJ.ORG X 1969 DC SEE SCHEDULE O 14 14 2 55 0 790752 1443700 0 46710 102443 0 837462 1546143 514577 621161 0 206356 247440 8250 12000 62312 112436 89735 841619 970336 -4157 575807 1731023 2353094 22820 49142 1708203 2303952 THE ORGANIZATION PROVIDES CRITICAL SUPPORT TO INDEPENDENT JOURNALISTS TO INVESTIGATE NEWS STORIES REGARDING CORRUPTION, MALFEASANCE, EXPLOITATION, MISAPPROPRIATION OF FUNDS IN THE PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SECTORS. false false 861514 621161 FOUNDED IN 1969, THE FUND FOR INVESTIGATIVE JOURNALISM, INC. 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SUBSEQUENTLY, NO PROVISION FOR INCOME TAXES HAS BEEN MADE DURING THE YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2024 AND 2023. THE ORGANIZATIONS INFORMATIONAL RETURN FILINGS ARE SUBJECT TO AUDIT BY THE INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE, GENERALLY FOR THREE YEARS AFTER FILING. true Europe Including Iceland and Greenland GRANTS 15000 North America GRANTS 2500 South America GRANTS 18675 South Asia GRANTS 2500 38675 38675 Europe Including Iceland and Greenland INVESTIGATVE JOURNALISM 10000 WIRE South America INVESTIGATVE JOURNALISM 5000 WIRE 2 INVESTIGATIVE JOURNALISM Europe Including Iceland and Greenland 2 5000 WIRE INVESTIGATIVE JOURNALISM North America 1 2500 WIRE INVESTIGATIVE JOURNALISM South America 3 13675 WIRE INVESTIGATIVE JOURNALISM South Asia 1 2500 WIRE false false false false false false Part I Line 2 BEFORE AWARDING GRANTS, THE FUND REQUIRES WRITTEN COMMITMENTS FROM NEWS OUTLETS THAT SUPPORTED WORK WILL BE PUBLISHED OR BROADCAST, IF IT MEETS WITH THE ORIGINAL PROPOSAL. 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THE FUND ALSO ESTABLISHES DEADLINES FOR COMPLETION AND MONITORS THE PROGRESS OF GRANTEES FOR THE DURATION OF THE GRANT PERIOD. X false false false false false false false false false ERIC FERRERO SECRETARY/EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR 157500 6300 9960 173760 Form 990, Part I, Line 1 ORGANIZATION MISSION THE ORGANIZATION PROVIDES CRITICAL SUPPORT TO INDEPENDENT JOURNALISTS TO INVESTIGATE NEWS STORIES REGARDING CORRUPTION, MALFEASANCE, EXPLOITATION, MISAPPROPRIATION OF FUNDS IN THE PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SECTORS. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 11B THE FUND PROVIDES AN ELECTRONIC COPY OF THE FORM 990 TO THE BOARD TO REVIEW PRIOR TO FILING WITH THE INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 12C THE FUND HAS A CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY. ALL BOARD MEMBERS MUST DISCLOSE ANY CONNECTIONS OR INTEREST IN ANY GRANT APPLICATIONS OR CONTRACTS AND RECUSE THEMSELVES WHEN APPROPRIATE. ALL ACTIVITIES ARE ROUTINELY MONITORED THROUGH THE PROCESS OF MAKING POLICY, CONTRACTS OR GRANT. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 15A THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF THE FUND, COMPOSED OF BOARD MEMBERS, REVIEWED COMPARABLE SALARIES AT OTHER SIMILAR NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS AND DISCUSSED IT AND WHAT THE BUDGET WOULD ALLOW THROUGHOUT THE PROCESS OF HIRING. Form 990, Part VI, Section C, Line 19 THE FUND GOVERNING DOCUMENTS, CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS ARE AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC UPON WRITTEN REQUEST.